International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Chennai City and Maziya are looking forward to this AFC Cup fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Chennai City and Maziya should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Chennai City form and stats
The story so far in the I-League for Chennai City at their home stadium (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Chennai City shared the glory with Mohun Bagan in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Arrows and winning 2-0.
The manager A. Nawas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to NEROCA in only three days.
Chennai City has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Chennai City have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Maziya form and stats
They also participated in AFC Cup last season. This ended in the regular season.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Maziya in their Male League matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Cup stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Eagles game have they lost an away game, meaning Maziya has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
Prior to that match, the Maziya manager M. Sekulovski faced defeat when travelling to Bengaluru (after extra-time) and losing 2-3.
Maziya have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
 P. Javier Manzi Cruz 17 goals | S. Rodríguez Felipe 10 goals |
Chennai City missing players
Maziya missing players
| Chennai City | Maziya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 3 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 41 | 13 | Scored | S | 5 | 80 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 7.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 263 | 132 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 21 | ||
| 105 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 8 | ||
| 37% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bashundhara Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Chennai City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | TC Sports Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mohun Bagan | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 36 |
| 2 | Minerva Punjab | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 3 | Real Kashmir | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | East Bengal | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Churchill Brothers | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Chennai City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Gokulam | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | TRAU | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 19 |
| 9 | Aizawl | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | NEROCA | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -9 | 15 |
| 11 | Arrows | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -12 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maziya | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 51 |
| 2 | Eagles | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 45 |
| 3 | TC Sports Club | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 41 |
| 4 | Green Streets | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Da Grande | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Shaviyani Foakaidhoo | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 40 | -25 | 20 |
| 7 | United Victory | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 36 | -15 | 16 |
| 8 | Faafu Nilandhoo | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 46 | -30 | 14 |
| 9 | Victory | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 42 | -49 | 0 |